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Sex differences in location of initial diagnosis and discharge destination among medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with post-stroke aphasia

Frontiers in Stroke
ObjectiveTo characterize sex differences in the clinical setting of initial aphasia diagnosis and the discharge destination of fee-for-service (FFS) Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with post-stroke aphasia.MethodsData for this project were obtained from
Molly M. Jacobs, Charles Ellis
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Comparison of 90-Day Perioperative Outcomes in Shoulder Arthroplasty Between the Elderly and Nonelderly Patients

Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, 2018
Introduction: As life expectancy increases, the incidence of shoulder arthroplasty continues to increase as well. There are few shoulder arthroplasty studies investigating perioperative complication, readmission, and mortality.
Paul D. Crook MD, William C. Foster MD, Stephen L. Kates MD, Jonathan R. Korpon BS, Gustavo A. Ortega BS, Douglas N. Boardman MD   +5 more
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Did Avoiding Post-Acute Skilled Nursing Facility Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic Save Lives?

Journal of Long-Term Care
Context: During the COVID-19 pandemic, patients using post-acute care generally avoided skilled nursing facilities, presumably to reduce their chance of illness and death. However, staying at home after an acute inpatient hospitalization carries its own
Edward C. Norton, Bradley J. Raine, Kristen Palframan Hassett   +2 more
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Health personnel's experience with resident-centered care in nursing homes in Korea: A qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2019
Objectives: Changing the culture in nursing homes in South Korea comes with challenges, and the key issues of resident-centered care have been described.
HeeKyung Chang
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Supplemental Material - Skilled Nursing Facility Participation in Bundled Payments Was Related to Small Increases in Nurse Staffing Levels

, 2022
Supplemental Material for Skilled Nursing Facility Participation in Bundled Payments was Related to Small Increases in Nurse Staffing Levels by Meiling Ying, Helena Temkin-Greener, Caroline P. Thirukumaran, Karen E. Joynt Maddox, Robert G.
Helena Temkin-Greener (8319225), Robert G. Holloway (14045179), Karen E. Joynt Maddox (14045176), Yue Li (102191), Meiling Ying (9510505), Caroline P. Thirukumaran (9914867)   +5 more
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Comparative effectiveness of long-term acute care hospital versus skilled nursing facility transfer

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Long-term acute care hospital (LTACH) use varies considerably across the U.S., which may reflect uncertainty about the effectiveness of LTACHs vs. skilled nursing facilities (SNF), the principal post-acute care alternative.
Anil N. Makam, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, Michael E. Miller, Sachin J. Shah, Kandice A. Kapinos, Ethan A. Halm   +5 more
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Innovative clinical trial design and delivery: a phase 3 COVID-19 post-exposure prophylaxis study in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities (BLAZE-2)

Trials, 2021
The efficient community spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in the current pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19), which in severe and critical cases results in progressive pulmonary infection ...
Jack Knorr, Jay L. Tuttle, Janelle A. Sabo, Dawn H. East, Karen L. Price, Lei Shen   +5 more
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Implementation of a Heart Failure Quality Initiative in a Skilled Nursing Facility: Lessons Learned [PDF]

, 2015
Skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are organizations that represent complex adaptive systems, offering barriers to the implementation of quality improvement (QI) initiatives.
Arif Nazir, M.E. Dennis, Dennis, M. E., Unroe, Kathleen T., Nazir, Arif, Kathleen T. Unroe   +5 more
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Investigation of a Candida auris outbreak in a skilled nursing facility - Virginia, United States, October 2020-June 2021

, 2023
: Candida auris, an emerging multi-drug resistant organism, is an urgent public health threat. We report on a C. auris outbreak investigation at a Virginia ventilator skilled nursing facility. During October 2020-June 2021, we identified 28 cases among
Misas Rivas, Elizabeth, Waters, Ansley, Forsberg, Kaitlin, Lineberger, Sarah, Bernard, Shaina, Chommanard, Christina, Abdelfattah, Rehab, Baltozer, Sara, Litvintseva, Anastasia P., Fields, Virgie, Cortes, Angel Luisa, Lyman, Meghan   +11 more
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First-dollar cost-sharing for skilled nursing facility care in medicare advantage plans

BMC Health Services Research, 2017
Background The initial days of a Medicare-covered skilled nursing facility (SNF) stay may have no cost-sharing or daily copayments depending on beneficiaries’ enrollment in traditional Medicare or Medicare Advantage.
Laura M. Keohane, Regina C. Grebla, Momotazur Rahman, Dana B. Mukamel, Yoojin Lee, Vincent Mor, Amal Trivedi   +6 more
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